Howel

or Hoel , king of the West Welsh in the tenth century, surnamed “the Good.” He is a very famous king, especially for his code of laws. This is not the Howel or Hoel of Arthur i an romance, who was the duke of Armorica in the sixth century. What Mulmutian laws, or Martian, ever were More excellent than those which our good Howel here Ordained to govern Wales? Drayton, Polyolbion , ix. (1612).